Kathy Lien is the Chief Currency Strategist at Forex Capital Markets. Kathy is responsible for providing research and analysis for DailyFX, including technical and fundamental research reports, market commentaries and trading strategies. A seasoned FX analyst and trader, prior to joining FXCM, Kathy was an Associate at JPMorgan Chase where she worked in Cross Markets and Foreign Exchange Trading. Kathy has vast experience within the interbank market using both technical and fundamental analysis to trade FX spot and options. Kathy also has experience trading a number of products outside of FX, including interest rate derivatives, bonds, equities, and futures.
Kathy has a Bachelors degree in Finance from New York University. Kathy has written for Stocks and Commodities, CBS Market Watch, ActiveTrader, Futures and SFO Magazine. She is frequently quoted on Bloomberg and Reuters and has taught seminars across the country. She has also hosted trader chats on EliteTrader, eSignal, and FXStreet, sharing her expertise in both technical and fundamental analysis.
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Once again the US economic calendar was relatively light, and yet the greenback was able to ratchet significant gains against most of its major counterparts.
Throughout this past week, there have been a number of upside surprises in the US releases including Friday's non-farm payrolls report, first quarter GDP, Chicago PMI, and manufacturing ISM.
The US dollar has strengthened across the board today ahead of Friday's non-farm payrolls release. This may befuddle some traders as the greenback's price action conflicts with the higher jobless claims report and the deterioration in the employment component of manufacturing ISM.
The Federal Reserve cut interest rates by 25 basis points to 2 percent, which was right in line with the market’s expectations. However, the US dollar sold off because the market was disappointed that the central bank did not give them more.
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